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Human (GRCh38.p14)
Description

cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 3 subunit [Source:HGNC Symbol;Acc:HGNC:1957]

Location

Chromosome 15: 78,593,052-78,621,331 reverse strand.

GRCh38:CM000677.2

About this gene

This gene has 10 transcripts (splice variants), 202 orthologues, 45 paralogues and is associated with 4 phenotypes.

Transcript IDNamebpProteinTranslation IDBiotypeCCDSUniProt MatchRefSeq MatchFlags
ENST00000326828.6CHRNA3-2013015505aaENSP00000315602.5
 
Protein coding
CCDS10305P32297-2 NM_000743.5MANE SelectEnsembl CanonicalGENCODE PrimaryGENCODE BasicAPPRIS P2TSL:1
ENST00001136180.1CHRNA3-2103350505aaENSP00000806442.1
 
Protein coding
CCDS10305--Ensembl Canonical ExtendedGENCODE BasicAPPRIS P2
ENST00000893003.2CHRNA3-2093482549aaENSP00000563062.1
 
Protein coding
--GENCODE BasicAPPRIS ALT2
ENST00000348639.8CHRNA3-2022066489aaENSP00000267951.4
 
Protein coding
CCDS53964P32297-3 -GENCODE BasicTSL:1
ENST00000559080.1CHRNA3-20553517aaENSP00000453993.1
 
Protein coding
H0YNF9 -TSL:4CDS 3' incomplete
ENST00000559658.5CHRNA3-2061889505aaENSP00000452896.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
CCDS10305P32297-2 -TSL:2
ENST00000559941.1CHRNA3-207592No protein-
 
Protein coding CDS not defined
--TSL:4
ENST00000558903.1CHRNA3-203573No protein-
 
Protein coding CDS not defined
--TSL:4
ENST00000559002.5CHRNA3-204333No protein-
 
Protein coding CDS not defined
--TSL:1
ENST00000561128.1CHRNA3-208499No protein-
 
Retained intron
--TSL:2